On 01 Feb 2007, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 01:12:20PM -0500, Rick Reynolds wrote: > > It's probably worth getting a > > larger hard drive and keeping a Dell-supported OS on there as a dual > > boot option just so you can verify that any problems you're having are > > not hardware related. But if you're more hardware savvy than I am, that > > might not be an issue for you (this is my first laptop I've ever owned). > > how ironic is it that you have to keep around a notoriously unreliable > operating system to prove to the manufacturer that their hardware is > failing... > > A
I've just acquired a Lenovo Thinkpad Z61M and am still in the process of setting up Debian on it. It's a beautiful machine, if expensive. Last time I bought a Thinkpad, about 2 years ago, I deleted all traces of Windows. This time I decided to keep it, mainly because about once or twice a year I need to test some Windows programme or other. The reason quoted above is another which I hadn't thought of. Keeping Windows was quite a struggle because I had difficulties shrinking the partition (discussed elsewhere on this list). I finally managed it after a day and a half. I nearly gave up but it did work in the end. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]